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Charlotte McConaghy

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Charlotte McConaghy is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller WILD DARK SHORE, named Amazon’s Best Book of the Year So Far for 2025; as well as the New York Times Bestseller ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, winner of the Indie Book Award for Fiction 2022; and the international bestseller MIGRATIONS, a TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year and the Amazon Best Fiction Book of the Year for 2020.

She started her writing career with a number of SF/F titles for YA readers; MIGRATIONS was her first foray into adult literature.

Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages, and are being adapted for film and television. She lives in Sydney with her partner and two children.

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	Wild Dark Shore 4.12 avg rating — 346,764 ratings — published 2025 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once There Were Wolves 4.09 avg rating — 127,923 ratings — published 2021 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Migrations 4.11 avg rating — 103,958 ratings — published 2020 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avery (The Chronicles of Kaya #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,796 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thorne (The Chronicles of Kaya, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 861 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isadora (The Chronicles of Kaya #3) 4.28 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fury (The Cure, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arrival (Strangers of Paragor, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Descent (Strangers of Paragor, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melancholy (The Cure, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But here is the nature of life. That we must love things with our whole selves, knowing they will die.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore

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“It isn’t fair to be the kind of creature who is able to love but unable to stay.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Migrations

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“There are languages without words and violence is one of them.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Once There Were Wolves

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What book would you like to read for our July 2025 Group Read? The theme is Island.

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Romance, Contemporary

18 votes 23.1%

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Historical Fiction

11 votes 14.1%

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

11 votes 14.1%

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Literary Fiction

8 votes 10.3%

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Classics

7 votes 9.0%

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Historical Fiction

7 votes 9.0%

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Classics

5 votes 6.4%

The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
Historical Fiction

4 votes 5.1%

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Contemporary, Romance

4 votes 5.1%

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Historical Fiction

3 votes 3.8%

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